الْفَصْلُThe chapterالثَّانِيsecond
The second chapter
فِيInبَقِيَّةِthe rest ofالْعُلُومِthe sciencesالْخَمْسَةِthe five
Regarding the rest of the five sciences
وُضُوحُThe clarity ofالْقُرْآنِthe Quranالْكَرِيمِthe Nobleفِيinبَيَانِclarifyingالصِّفَاتِ:the attributes:
The clarity of the Noble Quran in explaining the attributes:
مِنَFromالْمَعْلُومِthe knownأَنَّthatنُزُولَthe descent ofالْقُرْآنِthe Quranالْكَرِيمِthe Noble
It is known that the descent of the Noble Quran
إِنَّمَاwas onlyكَانَtoإِصْلَاحِreformالنُّفُوسِthe humanالْبَشَرِيَّةِ،souls,
was solely to reform human souls,
وَتَهْذِيبِand refineمَعَاشِرِgroups ofالنَّاسِpeopleسَوَاءٌwhetherكَانُواthey wereعَرَبًاArabsأَوْorعَجَمًا،non-Arabs,
and refine the masses of people, whether they were Arabs or non-Arabs,
بَدْوًاbedouinsأَوْorحَضَرًا،townspeople,
bedouins or townspeople,
وَلِذَلِكَand thereforeاقْتَضَتِrequiredالْحِكْمَةُthe wisdomالْإِلَهِيَّةُdivine
and therefore divine wisdom required
أَنْthatلَاnotيُخَاطِبَaddressالنَّاسَthe peopleفِيin"التَّذْكِيرِ"remindingبِآلَاءِof the bounties ofاللَّهِ"،God",
not to address people in "reminding them of God's bounties"
إِلَّاexceptمَاwhatتَسَعُهُtheir knowledge can encompassمَعْلُومَاتُهُمْ،andوَتُحِيطُtheir perceptionsبِهِcan surroundمَدَارِكُهُمْ،it,
except what their knowledge encompasses and their perceptions surround,
وَأَنْand thatلَاnotيَخُوضَdelveفِيintoالْبُحُوثِthe preciseالدَّقِيقَةِresearchوَالتَّحْقِيقَاتِand rareالنَّادِرَةِ،investigations,
and not to delve into subtle research and rare investigations,
فَقَدْfor indeedتَعَرَّضَaddressedالْقُرْآنُthe Quranالْكَرِيمُthe Nobleلِلْأَسْمَاءِthe namesوَالصِّفَاتِand attributesالْإِلَهِيَّةِdivine
for the Noble Quran addressed the divine names and attributes
بِطَرِيقَةٍin a wayوَاضِحَةٍthat is clear,سَهْلَةٍ،easy,يُدْرِكُهَاgrasped byجَمِيعُallأَفْرَادِindividuals ofالْبَشَرِmankind
in a clear, easy manner that all human individuals grasp
بِفِطْرَتِهِمْ،by their innate nature,وَبِمَدَارِكِهِمُand by their perceptionsالَّتِيthatأُودِعَتْwere depositedفِيinأَصْلِthe origin ofخَلْقِهِمْtheir creation
by their innate nature and by the perceptions deposited in the origin of their creation,
مِنْwithoutدُونِneed forحَاجَةٍpracticingإِلَىdivineمُمَارَسَةِphilosophyالْفَلْسَفَةِorالْإِلَهِيَّةِ،the science ofأَوْdivinityعِلْمِand scholasticالْإِلَهِيَّاتِtheology.وَعِلْمِandالْكَلَامِtheology
without needing to practice divine philosophy, the science of divinity, or scholastic theology.
[إِثْبَاتُ[Affirmation ofالْخَالِقِthe Creatorفِيinالْقُرْآنِ:]the Quran:]
[Affirmation of the Creator in the Quran:]
فَأَثْبَتَSo it affirmedالْقُرْآنُthe Quran- مَثَلًا -- for example -وُجُودَthe existence ofالْخَالِقِthe Creatorإِجْمَالًا،generally,
Thus, the Quran - for example - affirmed the existence of the Creator generally,
إِذْsinceأَنَّitsعِلْمَهُknowledge isمَرْكُوزٌgroundedفِيinفِطْرَةِthe innate nature ofبَنِيthe children ofآدَمَ،Adam,
since knowledge of Him is grounded in the innate nature of the children of Adam,
وَيَتَسَاوَىand is equalفِيهِin itجَمِيعُallأَفْرَادِهِمْindividuals among them,
and all individuals among them are equal in it,
وَلَاand you doتَجِدُnot findطَائِفَةًa sectمِنَofالنَّاسِpeopleفِيinالْمَنَاطِقِthe regionsالْمُعْتَدِلَةِtemperateأَوْorالْقَرِيبَةِcloseمِنْهَاto them
and you will not find a group of people in temperate regions or close to them
تُنْكِرُdeniesهَذَاthisالْعِلْمَ،knowledge,وَتَسْتَغْرِبُand finds strangeوُجُودَthe existence ofالْخَالِقِ!the Creator!
denying this knowledge or finding the existence of the Creator strange!